Pearl : an underground railroad / by Wally Ashby.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Smith, Karen., Producer.

Ricks, Mary Kay., Interviewee.

Brown, Tony, M.P.S.W., Interviewer, Producer.

Ashby, Wally., Director.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Black studies in video

Tony Brown's Journal

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Underground Railroad.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (26 minutes).

Place of Publication:

New York : Tony Brown Productions Inc., 2007.

Language Note:

This edition in English.

Summary:

The 54-ton schooner named the Pearl sailed into the history books on April 15, 1848 when 77 enslaved Americans attempted an escape to freedom. Mary Kay Ricks, author of Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom on the Underground Railroad gives this stirring account of human resilience against the backdrop of oppression.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed March 28, 2014).

OCLC:

881547752

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.